Spotify is already running, but not responding. Please close it and try again.

[bendman]

I keep getting this "already running" message when I try to open spotify.  It is listed as a process in Windows Task Manager, but it won't close when I try to force end the process.  I've been having this same issue many times over the past month.

Any ideas how to actually end the process, or better yet, keep it from doing this altogether?

[dannyy1524]

It worked! Thanks so much!

[geoffreygoodman]

I'm still having this problem in 2017!!!